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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1909 



Scarlet Pottebakker and Rembrandt are 

 also good. The best deep red or crimson are 

 Dussart, Coleur Cardinal and Crimson King. 

 There are also numerous mixed colors in the 

 tulips, and some of these are very handsome. 

 One of the best and most popular is Keisers- 

 kroon, a beautiful red and yellow variety 

 with fine, long stems. Joost Van Vondel, 

 striped red and white, is also good as are 

 Duchesse de Parma, red and yellow ; Thomas 

 Moore, orange and red; and long-stemmed 

 Van Der Neer, a grand dark brownish red 

 colored variety. 



In double tulips the best are La Candeur 

 and Rose Blanche, white; Helianthus and 

 Tournesol, yellow; Imperator Rubrorum, 

 Rex Rubrorum and Le Matador, red; and 



are grand. Never plant in small, round or 

 square beds. They are for higher ideals, 

 in the flower garden, along the garden walk, 

 in clumps in the shrubbery border, on the 

 borders of a pond. Plant the bulbs about 

 six inches deep and in single colors. 



During the last few years a great number 

 of new varieties have been introduced, and 

 some of the colors are simply marvelous. 

 Just think of tulips as large as your two fists 

 and almost black ; and then again, of a soft 

 rose pink that you would think you could rub 

 off with your finger, so delicate it is! The 

 range of color in the Darwins is better than 

 in any other class of tulip. It is hard to give 

 a list of varieties. I have some fifty or more 

 myself, all imported, and I cannot find the 



oculata, a crimson and white; and Gesneri- 

 ana rosea, a rose variety with black centre. 

 Of the other types, Bouton d'Or is a good, 

 deep yellow; Greigii, very dark scarlet; 

 Blushing Bride, rose and white, one of the 

 best. The most curious formed one is 

 retroflexa, yellow with the ends of the petals 

 turning backward. Picotee is a good white 

 with red pencilings; Bizarre is also a good 

 mixed variety, yellow and red; and bybloe- 

 mens in white with dark lilac pencilings. 



Because of their giddy, highly colored 

 flowers the parrot tulips are very popular 

 with a great many, and are very serviceable 

 as cut flowers. But they are also showy 

 along a garden walk or in clumps in a garden 

 or shrubbery border, and they remain in 



An ideal location for bulbs. They are best planted irregularly in colonies of one kind and variety. Lilies -will be especially welcome here 



the best mixed varieties are Duke of York, 

 Titian, Salvator, Tournesol, red and yellow. 



For my own part you may have all the 

 early-flowering tulips. I will content myself 

 with the later-flowering types, such as the 

 May flowering parrots and Darwins. They 

 are not bedding varieties — that is, they 

 do not produce that heavy, dense effect 

 because they are not stiff stemmed and, 

 furthermore, they do not want crowding in 

 such close quarters as to make a carpet of 

 their flowers. But for all-around purposes 

 and for beauty and perfection of bloom they 

 are unsurpassed. 



The beautiful Darwins are in a class by 

 themselves. They stand up from two to 

 three feet on good, strong stems, yet soft 

 enough to be graceful, and the flowers are 

 very large, being twice the size of the early, 

 single tulips. For cut flower purposes they 



names given in any catalogue, not even in 

 that of the party from whom they were 

 purchased. A few of the varieties generally 

 offered and which I know to be good are: 

 Salmon King, beautiful salmon pink with 

 white base; The Sultan, a deep maroon; 

 Clara Butt, fine deep pink; Gretchen, pink; 

 Apricot, pink and yellow; Bronze King, 

 golden-bronze, very fine; Painted Lady, 

 lightest of all, nearly white; and La Candeur, 

 a fine white. 



The May-flowering tulips are a very inter- 

 esting race, and are excellent for planting in 

 borders, gardens, etc. They are not so long- 

 stemmed as the Darwins, but are very free- 

 flowering and some very odd forms are found 

 in this type. They increase very rapidly. 

 The Gesneriana type is one of the best, being 

 quite similar to the Darwins. Gesneriana 

 major is a good scarlet; Gesneriana alba 



flower a long time. The best variety is 

 Admiral of Constantinople very dark red; 

 Perfecta, another of the same color, only 

 lighter; Lutea major is a good red and 

 yellow; Cafe Brun, yellow and brown, is 

 liked by many, but Markgraaf is about the 

 best of all — brilliant scarlet splashed with 

 yellow. 



Everyone should plant a few crocuses if 

 only for the inexpensiveness of the bulbs. 

 They cost less than one cent each. More- 

 over they may be planted on lawns, in 

 shrubbery borders and such places, and will 

 gradually spread until they cover a large 

 area, and they are not troublesome to other 

 vegetation as they require no handling, and 

 if the tops are cut with the lawn mower it 

 does no harm. They flower so very early 

 in the spring that they add cheerfulness to 

 the most barren spots and it is not infrequent 



